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The latest data for lower tier authorities in Lancashire also shows that Blackpool saw the most new confirmed coronavirus cases with nine while none were reported in Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley.

Confirmed cases of Covid-19by borough as of May 12:

Blackburn with Darwen - 370 (+3), 248.4 per 100,000

Blackpool - 517 (+9), 371.1 per 100,000

Burnley - 178 (+2), 201.1 per 100,000

Chorley - 302 (+3), 258.5 per 100,000

Fylde - 209 (+3), 262 per 100,000

Hyndburn - 134 (-), 165.8 per 100,000

Lancaster - 753 (+4), 522 per 100,000

Pendle - 167 (+1), 182.7 per 100,000

Preston - 369 (+1), 260.2 per 100,000

Ribble Valley - 89 (-), 148.2 per 100,000

Rossendale - 160 (+2), 225.7 per 100,000

South Ribble - 209 (+3), 189.1 per 100,000

West Lancs - 324 (+1), 284.3 per 100,000

Wyre - 297 (+4), 267 per 100,000

NHS England confirmed that 33 more people had died in hospitals across the county, bringing the county total to 757.

East Lancashire Hospitals has now recorded 165 deaths, while Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has 162 and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has 150.

Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust has now recorded 124 deaths, while University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust has a total of 156.

Meanwhile, across the North West as whole, including Manchester, Liverpool and Cumbria, there are 22,666 cases.

There are 904 cases in Bolton, 649 in Bury, 1,041 in Cheshire East, 937 in Cheshire West and Chester, 2,115 in Cumbria, 349 in Halton, 619 in Knowsley, 1,512 in Liverpool, 1,349 in Manchester, 957 in Oldham, 670 in Rochdale, 874 in Salford, 866 in Sefton, 702 in St Helens, 971 in Stockport, 550 in Tameside, 691 in Trafford, 687 in Warrington, 1,005 in Wigan, and 1,140 in Wirral.

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Across the UK there have been 2,007,146 tests of which 226,463 have tested positive.

The UK death toll is now 32,692.

The new statistics come as the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is “very likely” that the UK will face a “significant recession” as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

He told the BBC: “A recession is defined technically as two quarters of decline in GDP.

“We’ve seen one here with only a few days of impact from the virus, so it is now very likely that the UK economy will face a significant recession this year and we are in the middle of that as we speak.”

The UK economy contracted at the fastest pace on record in March as the coronavirus crisis puts Britain on the brink of the worst recession in 300 years.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed activity plunged 5.8% in March in the biggest monthly fall since records began in 1997.

The March tumble sent gross domestic product (GDP) down 2% overall in the first quarter – the biggest fall since the end of 2008 when Britain was at the height of the financial crisis.

The latest figures show the first direct effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK economy after the country was placed in lockdown to control the spread of the virus.

But with the lockdown only coming into place on March 23, the second quarter will show the full hit on the economy after the UK ground to a standstill.

Experts said the first quarter data suggested the economy could contract by up to 20% between April and June as the full effects of the lockdown are captured.

The Bank of England last week warned coronavirus could see the economy plunge by as much as 25% in the second quarter and fall by 14% overall in 2020 – the worst annual fall for more than three centuries.

London’s FTSE 100 Index fell 1.3% after the GDP data and amid concerns over a second wave of coronavirus cases in countries that have started to reopen post-lockdown.

The Institute of Directors said the official data was a”sobering first glimpse of the economic turmoil caused by the outbreak”.

George Brown, at Investec Economics, added: “While the figures look ugly today, they are just the tip of the iceberg.”

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There are hopes the fall-out may be helped by the Government’s move to begin lifting some of the lockdown restrictions on Wednesday and its decision on Tuesday to extend the crucial furlough scheme for workers until October.

But the economy is expected to bear some long-lasting scars of the crisis.

James Smith, at ING, said the economy could take two years to recover.

“The prospects of a ‘V-shape’ recovery have long since faded, and we don’t expect the size of the UK economy to return to pre-virus levels until at least 2022,” he said.